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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JAMES A. LOWE, OF NEW' YORK, N. Y.

WATER-TRAP.

v Specification formingpart of Letters Patent No. 26,506, dated December 20. 1859: Ressued June 30,

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES A. LOWE, of

lthe city and county of New York, State of New York, have invented an Improvement in the Manufacture of Water-Traps, of which I declare the following to be a description and the annexed drawings a representation.

Figures Nos. l and 2, are a full View of an S and double S trap. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section of the same.

T hese traps are cast in a metallic mold with a metallic-core constructed and operating as shown in the specifications of a patent, granted to the sail JAMES A. LOWE by the United States bearing date September 27th,1859. By this manner of manufaclturing,some advantages are derived, such as great strength, it being one piece of metal, a smooth interior of an equal size all through, consequently less liable to choke or stop up, also when used in water closets the acids which frequently form there, will not aifect them, as they can be made of pure lead, while in the present mode of manu facturing the seams on the side where the two pieces are soldered together, frequently part. from the acid eating the tin out of the solder and weakening it. Also in freeing traps when stopped (which is done by fitting a plunger in the upright part of the tra and working water into it till the obstruction is forced out). In this operation it often occurs that an inexperienced person will strike the bend below, and it being thin sheet lead, easily parts and destroys the trap. To obviate this the-trap shown in the drawing is double the thickness immediately below the upright pipe, and in addition to its greater durability, it can be furnished at much less cost than those now in use.

I claim- The water trap shown when cast without a seam (in lead or composition) as a new article ofrnanufacture.

JAMES A. LOWE.

Witnesses WM. L. BURNS, H. LANGHORNE. 

